What are the responsibilities and job description for the Surgical Technologist position at Pediatric Specialists of Virginia?
PSV is seeking a full-time OR Surgical Tech to work in their Ambulatory Surgery Center. PSV Surgical Technologists provide excellent care through an understanding of patient, family, and working as an integral part the perioperative team.
Job Description
The OR Surgical Tech’s duties will include, but are not limited to:
Minimum Qualifications Required
Desired Qualifications
Physical Demands of Position
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, walk and talk or hear; and type on a keyboard. He/she may be required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; stand, use hands to finger, handle, or feel and climb or balance. The employee may be required to lift and/or move up to fifty (50) pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include near vision, and distance vision and ability to adjust focus.
Job Description
The OR Surgical Tech’s duties will include, but are not limited to:
- Support and assist surgeons during surgical procedures.
- Provide support in: preoperative assessment of procedures to be performed, preparation of surgical instruments and equipment, ensuring supplies needed per surgical preference cards are readily available to physician during surgical procedure; testing instrumentation pre-operatively for adequate functionality and good working condition; able to anticipate surgeon’s needs.
- Pulls case carts for upcoming procedures while helping to maintain an organized and stocked sterile supply room
- Helps maintain a safe environment for the patient and intraoperative team members; maintaining a sterile field and demonstrating sharps safety practices.
- Provides support for sterile processing, inventory and materials management, and maintains communication with team members to maintain a high level of care for surgical patients.
- Participates in continuous quality assurance and process improvement for the ASC.
- Handles instrumentation and equipment with caution and uses preventative measures to limit breakage.
- Assists with identifying opportunities to achieve cost savings in medical supplies
- Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications Required
- One (1) year or more independent OR scrubbing experience
- Current AHA CPR BLS certification
- All employees must pass an employment, TB, drug and physical exam
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with EMR
- Certified Surgical Tech
- ACLS and/or PALS experience
- SPD experience
- Supplies or materials management experience
Physical Demands of Position
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, walk and talk or hear; and type on a keyboard. He/she may be required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; stand, use hands to finger, handle, or feel and climb or balance. The employee may be required to lift and/or move up to fifty (50) pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include near vision, and distance vision and ability to adjust focus.
